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Notes from a Small Island Book

Bill Bryson is an unabashed Anglophile who, through a mistake of history, happened to be born and bred in Iowa. Righting that error, he spent 20 years in England before deciding to repatriate: "I had recently read that 3.7 million Americans according to a Gallup poll, believed that they had been abducted by aliens at one time or another, so it was clear that my people needed me." That comic tone enlivens this account of Bryson's farewell walking tour of the countryside of "the green and kindly island that had for two decades been my home."Read More

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    After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson took the decision to move back to the USA. Before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire, he took one last trip around the UK, and in this book, he turns an affectionate but laconic eye on his adopted country.

  • TheBookPeople

    Previously voted on World Book Day as the book that best represents Britain, Bill Bryson's Notes from a Small Island follows Bryson as he takes a last trip around the UK before returning to live in his native America. A travel book full of humour, wit and charm, this is one of the Down Under and The Lost Continent author's most loved works.

  • 0552996009
  • 9780552996006
  • Bill Bryson
  • 1 August 1996
  • Black Swan
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 259
  • New edition

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